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Internet of Things Programming Projects

By : Colin Dow
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Internet of Things Programming Projects

By: Colin Dow

Overview of this book

The Internet of Things (IOT) has managed to attract the attention of researchers and tech enthusiasts, since it powerfully combines classical networks with instruments and devices. In Internet of Things Programming Projects, we unleash the power of Raspberry Pi and Python to create engaging projects. In the first part of the book, you’ll be introduced to the Raspberry Pi, learn how to set it up, and then jump right into Python programming. Then, you’ll dive into real-world computing by creating a“Hello World” app using flash LEDs. As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll go back to an age when analog needle meters ruled the world of data display. You’ll learn to retrieve weather data from a web service and display it on an analog needle meter, and build a home security system using the Raspberry Pi. The next project has a modern twist, where we employ the Raspberry Pi to send a signal to a web service that will send you a text when someone is at the door. In the final project, you take what you've learned from the previous two projects and create an IoT robot car that you can use to monitor what your pets are up to when you are away. By the end of this book, you will be well versed in almost every possible way to make your IoT projects stand out.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)

Questions

  1. True or false? A servo may be used as an IoT device.
  2. True or false? Changing the minimum and maximum pulse width values on the Servo object modifies the range of the servo.
  3. Why do we add a delay before calling the close() method of the Servo object?
  4. True or false? We do not need a getTemperature() method in our WeatherData class.
  5. True or false? A flashing LED on our dashboard indicates a clear and cloudless day.
  6. What do we use a pair of shorts on our dashboard to indicate?
  7. Where would you use a regular expression in our code?
  8. Why do we import time in our code?
  9. True or false? An IoT-enabled servo can only be used to indicate weather data.